PRINT Exhibition

    
Sean P. Morrissey

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Fence #2

Screenprint on Rives BFK
15" x 22" print
 18.625" x 25.625" framed
2015
$650
Garage #5

Screenprint on Rives BFK
15" x 22" print
 18.625" x 25.625" framed
2015
$650
Fence #3

Screenprint on Rives BFK
15" x 22" print
 18.625" x 25.625" framed
2015
$650
The American suburban landscape and lifestyle incites my investigation of domestic space, land use, and consumerism. Our cultural obsession with the “dream home” is what attracts me to this landscape and fuels me to question the role of everyday space. I emphasize these areas of banal architecture and ornamentation to enhance the feeling of sameness or basic space. The repetition of indistinguishable architectural and decorative elements mimics the monotonous and overwhelming nature of the suburban terrain and the need for adaptation. This unimaginative replication of housing contradicts the desire to achieve a unique identity by providing a false sense of individuality through predetermined design choices.

I am attracted to the repetitive visual patterns of these suburban spaces and utilize their elements to emphasize their intended use as solely decorative embellishments. I examine the landscape for architecture forms that have become fundamental signifiers of living space. By reconstructing these elements into piles or emphasizing mundane façades, I aim to draw attention to the ideas of landscape consumption and identity. I appropriate the endless rhythm of this landscape through the repetition of generic, silhouetted house forms and dense groupings of architectural elements.